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Darkstar One

Ascaron Entertainment ltd. · Strategy First · 2008-02-13

SteamGOGXbox

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 16, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.

Darkstar One is an Action game released in 2008, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 626 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 626 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (3.0k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

DarkStar One is a space trading and combat simulator game developed by German studio Ascaron and published by CDV.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 626 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$1.80-80%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GamersGate (2022-07-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 88 of 128 observed days · $1.06 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.77$0.852015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-06-11 — best price $1.492016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-07-25 — best price $7.992017-06-21 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-08-06 — best price $9.992019-01-14 — best price $1.992019-08-12 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-02 — best price $1.992020-07-10 — best price $9.992020-11-16 — best price $9.992021-03-17 — best price $9.992021-06-18 — best price $2.002021-08-26 — best price $9.992021-11-15 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-05-05 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $1.492023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-04-10 — best price $9.992023-08-06 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $1.352024-03-07 — best price $1.352024-06-19 — best price $1.992024-11-04 — best price $1.352025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-07-21 — best price $8.992025-10-22 — best price $1.792026-02-16 — best price $8.992026-05-31 — best price $9.992026-08-21 — best price $8.992026-09-19 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.802026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2342026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-23 — 16 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 23 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-30 — 21 pageviews2026-09-03 — 14 pageviews2026-09-07 — 11 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 20 pageviews2026-09-23 — 21 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 17 pageviews2026-10-08 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,4587%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGSpaceActionSci-fiSpace SimOpen WorldSimulationSpaceshipsExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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